Brent Kellmer

Clearly my new idea of working first thing in the morning is the way to go. After fits and starts last week, I was able to put in two solid hours of very productive work first thing Friday morning. Didn't work on Saturday, but spent most of Sunday doing research, which continues today.

Hard to get used to the 300 character limit. Never did the Muskrat's app, so I'm not used to it.

Starting my *new* career as an indie author by working on non-fiction. A book on technical writing, since it's what I do for the daytime job. Not quitting the day job, but I think there's market for it, and besides, for any future job interview, I can literally say "I wrote the book on it..."

so -- are you or anyone you know on Dreamwidth? I dearly miss LJ and would really like to find something that works along those lines.

Once my cat got on top of the fridge, where there was a bottle of Drambuie. He knocked it down, then jumped down, landing just as the bottle hit and exploded, showering him with the liquor. Like a cat, he licked himself clean. And like a Scot, he didn't walk straight for quite some time...

You need to do what works for you. I never disappear forever--I'm like a bad penny. But no apology is necessary. It's MY issue, after all, not yours.

There very many folks over here who are going to Author Nation this year?

Besides, as a historian, I know that there were a lot of good people who initially supported Hitler because of what they thought he could do for a very desperate Germany, and who later realized their error. For all the evil that Trump has already done, it's barely the start of 1933 in comparison.

Disappointed to find out that one of my heroes has embraced Trump. But since he hasn't made a big deal out of it, and hasn't promoted anything other than the space program in that sense. I'm going to try and just ignore it for now. He's 95 and may well be getting senile for all I know.

I'm going to stay largely non-political in my posts, so if I stop following you or don't comment on something, forgive me.

But so there's no mistake, I may be a white cis het male former military historian, but I'm also a flaming pinko commie tree-hugging lbgtq+ loving pagan democrat.

I'm over from facebook and we're friends from there. I'm a writer, mostly non-fiction at the moment.

Stressed last night and up for several hours unable to go to sleep. Finally had to take a couple of Xanax to get to sleep -- mostly worried about job issues that come to head around 2/10.

I should be fine, but I'm paranoid. But now I've got plans, just in case.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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13/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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13/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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12/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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11/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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10/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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9/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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8/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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7/20

Okay, so I'm not sure I understand Bluesky. I never spent any time on Twitter, so I'm not sure how things worked there, only on FB, and LiveJournal before that. Is there normally very little interaction between users here? Unless you say something very witty, or such, I mean.

Trying to decide if I want to go and write the anti-Hitler novel that's in my backlog. It would take a bit of ramp up doing research to remember what I've forgotten from when I sketched it out, but this certainly seems like an apropos time.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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6/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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5/20
(I had a strange childhood when it comes to reading)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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4/20

If you're new to reading kindle books and have a smart phone, you might consider downloading the free kindle app first. Even if you think that you wouldn't like reading on your phone, you might try it and it could change your mind. I felt that way at first, too.

Thanksgiving in the US is coming in a couple of weeks.

We almost always have the same thing - standing rib roast, turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, yams, my wife's fantastic stuffing, and asparagus or Brussel sprouts. And rolls.

If you celebrate, what do you like for yours?

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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This one was on my list anyway, but it came up in a discussion elsewhere, so it seems appropriate to do it today.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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2/20